Ignite, then, within their hearts [“them that have set their
hopes" in God, and them who have "sought" God] the torch of Thy
love, that its flame may consume all else except their wondrous remembrance of
Thee, and that no trace may be left in those hearts except the gem-like
evidences of Thy most holy sovereignty, so that from the land wherein they
dwell no voice may be heard except the voice that extolleth Thy mercifulness
and might, that on the earth on which they walk no light may shine except the
light of Thy beauty, and that within every soul naught may be discovered except
the revelation of Thy countenance and the tokens of Thy glory, that haply Thy
servants may show forth only that which shall please Thee and shall conform
wholly unto Thy most potent will.
- Baha’u’llah
(‘Prayers and Meditations of Baha’u’llah’)
